THE XOCTILE 2G7 



The caterpillai' is similar in i'orin and habits to those of Fraxini 

 and Nupta, and feeds on the oak. It is full fed abont the beginning 

 of Jime, when it changes to a chrysaHs between leaves which it has 

 si^un together with silk. 



The moth flies in July and August, and is common only in 

 certain oak woods of the southern coi;nties. It is particularly- 

 abiTndant in the New Forest, where scores may be taken in a 

 single night by judicious sugaring. 



There yet remain a few small families of the NocUkt, but we 

 must leave them in order that we may give a proportionate share 

 of our space to the other great division of the larger moths — the 

 Geumetrce, 



